Stunningly beautiful, exquisitely composed, with the most artistic use of 3D that I have every seen, "Life of Pi" is a philosophy lesson masquerading as an adventure story. Rife with spectacular disasters, both great and small, and largely spent on a lifeboat occupied by a young man and a Bengal tiger, it would seem to be a film that couldn't be made. But in the hands of Ang Lee and his CGI magicians, it's impossible to tell where live action ends and computer graphics begin, or where, for that matter, where reality ends and fiction begins.
And that's the point, in a way. Young Pi has always been a searcher, a believer in several religions and a devotee of many gods. In his shipwreck and survival he is finally able to answer the big questions he has asked all his life. The movie becomes a parable, and I dare say no audience has ever seen a more visually compelling argument.
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